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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,060, dated April 8, 1890. Application filed December 3, 1889. Serial No. 332,473. (No model.) Patented in England July 2, 1889, No. 10,708.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BEDFORD WVOODSFORD, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 118 Kings Road, Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pocket-Fasteners, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 10,703, bearing date July 2, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the pocket-fasteners set forth in my prior patent, No. 412,906, dated October 15, 1889 and it has for its objects, first, overcomin g the defect that existed in that pocket-fastener of having projecting pieces in the mouth of the pocket; secondly, rendering the releasing mechanism less liable to be operated by accident, and, thirdly, adapting the fastener for use in pockets whose orifices are perpendicular, or approximately so, such as those used in ladies dresses. I attain these objects in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is a view in broken elevation of my improved pocket-fastener for pockets whose orifices are horizontal, or approximately so, such as those used in gentleniens Waistcoats. Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section thereof on line' 0: 00, Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and 4, Sheet No. 1, are views in plan thereof, the former showing the fastener closed and the latter open. Figs. 5 and 6,Sheet No. 2, are views in front and side elevations, respectively, of my improved fastener adapted for use in pockets whose orifices are perpendicular, or approximately so, such as those used in ladies dresses.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

The fastener consists of a band of springsteel formed in one or two parts, as desired for convenience in construction.

Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Sheet 1, of the accompanying drawings, illustrate a fastener in which the band is made of two pieces of springsteel, and Figs. 5 and 6, Sheet No. 2, of the accompanying drawings, illustrate a fastener in which the band is made of a single piece of spring-steel.

A designates the back part of the band, and A the front part thereof. Ont-o the part A is riveted or otherwise fixed a bowed plate of spring-steel A Between this plate and the part A at the center of the length of the fastener is fixed a small helical spring B, adapted to keep the two parts A and A apart. Onto the bowed plate A is fixed a small fiat tongue 0, having a small hole 0 in it. This tongue is adapted on compression of the spring B to pass through a suitably-shaped opening a in the part A of the band, and also through a similarly-shaped opening a in the part A of the band and to engage with a spring-finger D, mounted in a suitably-formed plate D,

fixed to the part A of the band at right angles to the orifice of the fastener. This springfinger is provided with a small projection 61 and a spring d, adapting it to be lifted by the finger to release the tongue 0 and to insure its return ready to again engage therewith when the two parts of the bands are pressed the one against the other.

In the fastener illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5, Sheet No. 2, of the accompanying drawings, the tongue 0 and the spring-finger D are mounted on the parts A and A, respectively,-,

so that they operate longitudinally with the orifice of the fastener, and the spring-finger D and the plate D carrying it are made of a suitable length for the particular class of pocket for which the fastener is intended to be used. It will be understood that theba'nd, whether formed in one or two pieces, is so shaped that the sides of it will spring apart when released by the spring-finger.

The fastener illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Sheet No. 1, is adapted to be sewed in the welt of a pocket; but the fastener illustrated by Figs. 5 and 0, Sheet No. 2, is intended to be attached to the band of a ladies dressor onto a special waistband by means of the plate E, attached to the plate D. Vhen this latter type of fastener is used in the side pockets of gentlemens trousers, the band A A would be sewed in the weltor edge thereof. 7

It will be seen that in my improved fastener there is no protruding part in the orifice of the pocketwhen the fastener is open, thereby giving a clear opening to the pocket.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a pocket-fastener, the combination, with the spring-band formed of two parts A A, 

